mom and dad don't want me spending money on "useless" things...
If you are still your parents bitch in college, I really pity you.
Well, with all the financial hardships in the recent years, I have not had the money to afford a dorm, a house, or a car yet. The job I'm at is my first one I've had, and I only started this summer. So, no huge sum just yet, basically just enough to partially cover tuition for the semester.
And since I have to live in the house, I have to go by the rules. If I had a dorm or my own apartment or something I'd snap a Wii right off the shelves. As it is I only have enough to pay part of my tuition, and that comes first.